Initial Experience with the Use of a Robotic Stapler for Robot-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Perkins, Sara Q; Giffen, Zane C; Buck, Bradley J; Ortiz, Jorge; Sindhwani, Puneet; Ekwenna, Obi

description

  • Since the first description of robot-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for living donor renal transplantation, additional studies have noted outcomes comparable to traditional laparoscopic surgery. Urologists have embraced the technical advantages of the robotic approach, including improved dissection and more accurate graft preservation. With the advent of robotic stapling, we aim to demonstrate the feasibility of the use of robotic stapling for living-donor nephrectomies.

publication date

  • 2018

published in

start page

  • 1054

end page

  • 1057

volume

  • 32